SaveTheHills(STH) is a group of concerned citizens who are raising awareness about landslides in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya.
Many landslides are the direct or indirect result of human interference and preventable if sufficient care is taken.
As such, unless we begin a comprehensive and sustained program towards landslide management, prevention and mitigation, the consequences of ignoring years of human callousness will, in the future be devastating.

Monday, April 28, 2014

The entire north-east of India has been tinder dry after the SW monsoons of 2013 (We currently have 48% deficient rain in our region with the other north east states going upto 67% deficient - top slide)
Most areas are reeling under a severe water shortage in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas and numerous forest fires have been reported all over the region.
In this scenario, the sharp and heavy thundershowers brought about by a dense blob of CB clouds (IR satellite image of 27Apr2013, time 5.30pm), came as a welcome relief.What it also revealed was how unprepared we are for the onset of the monsoons 2014 with clogged drains and torrents of storm water turning roads into rivers.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

In
times of disaster, clean drinking water becomes a rarity, but a
necessity. Engineer and designer Patricia Compas-Markman dedicates her
work to addressing this need, innovating technology that will give
disaster victims, soldiers, or anyone in distress with purified water.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

1.In recent decades, changes in
climate have caused impacts on natural
and human systems on all continents and across the oceans.

2.In many regions, changing
precipitation or melting snow and ice are altering hydrological systems,
affecting water resources in terms of quantity and quality. Glaciers
continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change affecting runoff and
water resources.

3.Many terrestrial, freshwater,
and marine species have shifted their geographic ranges, seasonal activities,
migration patterns, abundances, and species interactions in response to ongoing
climate change

4.Impacts
from recent climate-related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones,
and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems
and many human systems to current climate variability.

5.Climate-related hazards
exacerbate other stressors, often with negative outcomes for livelihoods,
especially for people living in poverty .Climate-related hazards affect poor
people’s lives directly through impacts on livelihoods, reductions in crop
yields, or destruction of homes and indirectly through, for example, increased
food prices and food insecurity.

6.Adaptation is becoming
embedded in some planning processes, with more limited implementation of
responses.

7.Adaptation experience is
accumulating across regions in the public and private sector and within
communities. Governments at various levels are starting to develop adaptation
plans and policies and to integrate climate-change considerations into broader
development plans.

About Me

SaveTheHills (STH) is a Kalimpong based NGO working towards raising awareness about landslides in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya which is one of the most landslide prone areas of the world.
The hundreds of articles, images, maps and video clips on this blog bear testimony to a fact which has long been ignored but which can only be ignored further at a terrible cost.